Police said David Labonte, 56, was the driver of the truck that hit Jamerico Elliott, of Saco, and 15-month-old Lavarice Elliott while they were on their bicycle. Police said Labonte has a lengthy driving record, including two OUI convictions since 2006.

According to Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, more than 1 million people in Maine have a driver's license.

Currently there are nearly 50,000 licenses under suspension.

The majority of those suspensions are related to drivers who have failed to pay fines or child support or have been convicted of operating under the influence, said Dunlap.

Dunlap said even in the most severe case involving an OUI death, a driver would lose his license for a maximum of 10 years.

The 10-year suspension would begin after the driver finishes serving a prison sentence for manslaughter.

A typical manslaughter conviction involving an OUI is about six years, Dunlap said.

A motto depicted on a highway sign as you enter the state says, "Maine is Tough on Drunk Driving." Dunlap said that motto holds true because laws have been changed in recent years.

Tina's Law went into effect in 2006, and since then OUI suspensions dropped from between 8,000 to 10,000 a year to less than 5,000 a year, according to Dunlap.

Tina Turcotte of Scarborough was killed in July 2005 by a trucker in Hallowell. It was discovered that the trucker had 63 driving convictions and 22 license suspensions. The trucker pleaded guilty to manslaughter in that case.

Turcotte's mother, Pat LaNigra, said the laws are still too weak.

“Eight years later, I can relive the whole thing over again and if I wasn’t the person I was, I would load a gun and shoot this person because he ruined my life as well as my family’s and my daughter, who didn’t deserve it,” LaNigra said.

As the law stands now, any driver who accumulates 10 moving violations of any kind within a five-year period is subject to license suspension.

A driver convicted of even one OUI will have his or her license suspended for 90 days.

“If you have two OUIs within 10 years, then you lose your license for three years,” Dunlap said. “It used to be six months.”

Dunlap said there were 723 habitual offenders in 2012. Those are drivers who have had 10 moving violations in five years or three major violations in three years.

Major violations include speeding and OUI.

Dunlap said aside from tying someone to a pole, there is no way to stop someone from driving.

“The question is, do we ever take somebody’s license away permanently, and the answer is no,” Dunlap said. “People always have a chance to get their license back. It might take them a long, long time, but they do have a chance to get their credentials back.”

“To even say, ‘Take the car away, take their license away, do this, do that,’ they’ll still do it. A few, small percentages did pay attention to it, but don’t forget these people are habitual offenders they’re just not going to stop and be nice people and obey the law,” LaNigra said.

THE FATHER AND SON WHO WERE HIT BY A TRUCK WHILE RIDING A BICYCLE IN BIDDEFORD FRIDAY NIGHT REMAIN IN CRITICAL CONDITION THIS EVENING. POLICE SAY ALCOHOL MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR IN THE CRASH. AS WE REPORTED LAST NIGHT THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK, DAVID LABONTE, HAS HAD HIS LICENSE SUSPENDED á4 TIMESá..AND HAD TWO O-U-I'S. AS OF NOW, HE IS áNOTá FACING ANY CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH THIS CRASH. FOLLOWING THE CRASH W-M-T-W NEWS 8 LOOKED INTO MAINE'S DRIVING LAWS, INCLUDING THOSE RELATING TO OPERATING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. WHAT WE FOUND..IS THAT MAINE IS A STATE THAT DOES NOT PERMANENTLY REVOKE A PERSON'S DRIVERS' LICENSE.. EVEN IF THEY KILL SOMEBODY. WMTW NEWS 8'S JIM KEITHLEY TAKES A CLOSER LOOK FOR US TONIGHT, JIM. THAT'S THE WORD FROM SECRETARY OF STATE MATT DUNLAP - AND TONIGHT WE HEAR FROM A SCARBOROUGH WOMAN WHOSE DAUGHTER WAS KILLED BY AN HABITUAL OFFENDER AND SAYS MAINE'S O- U-I LAWS ARE STILL TOO WEAK. "Eight years later I can re-live the whole thing over again and If I wasn't the person I was, I would load a gun and shoot this person because he ruined my life as well as my family's and my daughter who didn't deserve it." PAT LANIGRA IS TALKING ABOUT THAT DAY IN JULY 2005 WHEN HER DAUGHTER TINA TOURCOTTE WAS HIT AND KILLED BY A TRUCK IN HALLOWELL - IT WAS LATER REVEALED THE DRIVER - SCOTT HEWITT WAS A HABITUAL OFFENDER - WHO HAD 63 DRIVING CONVICTIONS AND 22 LICENSE SUSPENSIONS. HE PLEADED GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER IN TINA'S CASE. A YEAR LATER, LANIGRA LOBBIED THE LEGISLATURE IN AN EFFORT TO STRENGHTEN THE LAWS ON THE BOOKS - AND TINA'S LAW WAS ADDED. NOW, IF A DRIVER GETS TEN MOVING VIOLATIONS OF ANY KIND WITHIN FIVE YEARS - THEIR LICENSE IS SUSPENDED FOR THREE YEARS. "If you have two OUI's within ten years, then you lose your license for three years, it used to be six months." MATT DUNLAP, MAINE'S SECRETARY OF STATE SAYS THERE ARE MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE IN MAINE WITH A DRIVERS' LICENSE, NEARLY 50,000 LICENSES ARE CURRENTLY UNDER SUSPENSION. MANY OF THE SUSPENSIONS ARE FOR FAILURE TO PAY A FINE, OR CHILD SUPPORT. OTHERS ARE HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF OPERATING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. LAST YEAR THERE WERE 723 HABITUAL OFFENDERS. "The question is: do we ever take some body's license away permanently, and the answer is no. People always have a chance to get their license back, it might take them a long, long time, but they do have a chance to get their credentials back." IF SOMEONE IS CONVICTED IN A MANSLAUGHTER DEATH, THEY CAN RETRIEVE THEIR DRIVERS' LICENSE TEN YEARS AFTER SERVING THEIR SENTENCE. THAT'S MADDENING SAYS PAT LANIGRIA. "To even say take the car away, take their license away, do this, do that, they'll still do it a few, small percentages did pay attention to it, but don't forget these people are habitual offenders they're just not going to stop and be nice people and obey the law." EVEN MATT DUNLAP ADMITS - WITHOUT TYING PEOPLE TO A POLE..IF THEY HAVE A CAR AND KEYS - THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DRIVE - AND THE STATE CAN DO NOTHING ABOUT THAT. LIVE IN THE STUDIO, JIM KEITHLEY WMTW NEWS 8.